Dungeon World GM Resources Volume 1

The Dungeon World rules resist pre-planned adventures, so the GM must prepare by having many different resources ready to construct an improvisational story. The Dungeon World GM Resources series does just that. Each volume provides 50 new and interesting creatures, NPCs, traps, magic items and interesting locations for the GM to use.

It's definitely worth the 99 cents they're charging. It's got a handful of things in each of the categories they listed, and most are interesting enough--some are directly derivative from prior games' monster manuals and adventures. There is no art, [...]

Well, it's worth a buck. 12 pages with moves, ideas, magical objects, monsters etc. Not 100% fresh and original, still well done, following all the Dungeon World rules (ie. the steadings have all their tags etc.). [...]

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